Johan Ling

Tracing the spread of Celtic languages using ancient genomics

Abstract Celtic languages are today restricted to Europe’s Atlantic fringes but were widely spoken across the continent during the Iron Age 1–3 . How Celtic achieved this early distribution remains contested 4 , with alternative archaeological and linguistic models proposing diff...

Iberian copper and Bronze Age Europe: Late Bronze Age mining and supply at Las Minillas (Badajoz, Spain)

Despite abundant copper deposits, the deep history of copper mining in Iberia has not been as extensively studied as in other European ore-rich areas. Here, the authors present new radiocarbon dates that demonstrate Late Bronze Age copper mining at Las Minillas, near Granja de To...